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<span class=large>THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI</span>
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CHAPTER 9
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Jews shall be gathered in all their lands of promise—Atonement ransoms man from the fall—The bodies of the dead shall come forth from the grave, and their spirits from hell and from paradise—They shall be judged—Atonement saves from death, hell, the devil, and endless torment—The righteous to be saved in the kingdom of God—Penalties for sins set forth—The Holy One of Israel is the keeper of the gate.  Between 559 and 545 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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And</span> now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye might know concerning the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Abrahamic Covenant; TG Israel, Mission of.">covenants</a> of the Lord that he has covenanted with all the house of Israel—
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That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="2 Ne. 6: 11 (10-15); 2 Ne. 10: 7 (5-9); TG Israel, Restoration of; TG Restoration of the Gospel.">restored</a> to the true church and fold of God; when they shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of; TG Mission of Latter-day Saints.">gathered</a> home to the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/2c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Lands of Inheritance.">lands</a> of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.
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Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 24: 7 (7-10).">lift</a> up your heads forever, because of the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.
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For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 6: 3; Moses 8: 17.">flesh</a> must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/4b" mark="b" type="C" title="Job 19: 26; Alma 11: 41 (41-45); Alma 42: 23; Hel. 14: 15 (15-18); Morm. 9: 13; TG Body, Sanctity of.">bodies</a> we shall see God.
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Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show himself unto those at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is expedient that it should be among them; for it behooveth the great <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Creator.">Creator</a> that he <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 7: 6 (4-9).">suffereth</a> himself to become <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mark 10: 44 (43-44).">subject</a> unto man in the flesh, and <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/5d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Death of; TG Jesus Christ, Mission of.">die</a> for <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/5e" mark="e" type="A" title="John 12: 32; 2 Ne. 26: 24; 3 Ne. 27: 14 (14-15).">all</a> men, that all men might become subject unto him.
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For as <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Eccl. 8: 8 (6-8).">death</a> hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Salvation, Plan of.">plan</a> of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/6c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Resurrection.">resurrection</a>, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of the <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/6d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Fall of Man.">fall</a>; and the fall came by reason of <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/6e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Transgression.">transgression</a>; and because man became fallen they were <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/6f" mark="f" type="A" title="2 Ne. 2: 5 (5-8); Alma 11: 42 (40-45).">cut</a> off from the <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/6g" mark="g" type="B" title="TG God, Presence of.">presence</a> of the Lord.
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Wherefore, it must needs be an <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 34: 10.">infinite</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/7b" mark="b" type="C" title="Matt. 26: 54 (52-56); TG Jesus Christ, Atonement through.">atonement</a>—save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption.  Wherefore, the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/7c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 16: 4 (4-7); Alma 11: 45; Alma 12: 36; Alma 42: 6 (6, 9, 14).">first</a> judgment which came upon man must needs have <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/7d" mark="d" type="A" title="Mosiah 15: 19.">remained</a> to an endless duration.  And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.
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O the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/8a" mark="a" type="C" title="Job 12: 13 (7-25); Abr. 3: 21; TG God, Wisdom of.">wisdom</a> of God, his <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Mercy of.">mercy</a> and <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/8c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Grace.">grace</a>!  For behold, if the <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/8d" mark="d" type="A" title="D&C 93: 34.">flesh</a> should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that angel who <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/8e" mark="e" type="A" title="2 Ne. 2: 17; Moses 4: 3 (3-4); Abr. 3: 28 (27-28).">fell</a> from before the presence of the Eternal God, and became the <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/8f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Devil.">devil</a>, to rise no more.
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And our spirits must have become <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 29: 7.">like</a> unto him, and we become devils, <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jacob 3: 11; Alma 5: 25, 39; Moro. 9: 13.">angels</a> to a <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Cor. 11: 14 (13-15).">devil</a>, to be <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9d" mark="d" type="A" title="Rev. 12: 9 (7-9).">shut</a> out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Lying.">lies</a>, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9f" mark="f" type="A" title="Gen. 3: 13 (1-13); Mosiah 16: 3; Ether 8: 25; Moses 4: 19 (5-19).">beguiled</a> our first parents, who <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9g" mark="g" type="A" title="Rev. 16: 14 (13-14); Alma 30: 53.">transformeth</a> himself nigh unto an <sup>h</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9h" mark="h" type="A" title="D&C 129: 8.">angel</a> of light, and <sup>i</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9i" mark="i" type="B" title="TG Motivations.">stirreth</a> up the children of men unto <sup>j</sup><a href="2_ne/9/9j" mark="j" type="B" title="TG Secret Combinations.">secret</a> combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.
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O how great the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 34: 6 (5-7); 2 Ne. 4: 17; D&C 86: 11.">goodness</a> of our God, who prepareth a way for our <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Death, Power over.">escape</a> from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 16: 8 (7-8); Alma 42: 15 (6-15).">death</a> and <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/10d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Hell.">hell</a>, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
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And because of the way of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Deliverance.">deliverance</a> of our God, the Holy One of Israel, this <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Death.">death</a>, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.
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And this <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Death, Spiritual, First.">death</a> of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 76: 84.">hell</a>; wherefore, death and hell must <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 138: 18.">deliver</a> up their dead, and hell must deliver up its <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Bondage, Spiritual; TG Spirits in Prison.">captive</a> <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Spirits, Disembodied.">spirits</a>, and the grave must deliver up its captive <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Body, Sanctity of.">bodies</a>, and the bodies and the <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12g" mark="g" type="B" title="TG Spirit Body.">spirits</a> of men will be <sup>h</sup><a href="2_ne/9/12h" mark="h" type="B" title="TG Resurrection.">restored</a> one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.
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O how great the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Salvation, Plan of.">plan</a> of our God!  For on the other hand, the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/13b" mark="b" type="C" title="D&C 138: 19; TG Paradise.">paradise</a> of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="Alma 11: 43; Alma 40: 23; Alma 41: 4 (3-5); D&C 138: 17.">restored</a> to itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/13d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Immortality.">immortal</a>, and they are living souls, having a <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/13e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Perfection.">perfect</a> <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/13f" mark="f" type="A" title="Eccl. 9: 10; D&C 130: 18.">knowledge</a> like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect.
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Wherefore, we shall have a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 25.">perfect</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 59: 12; Alma 5: 18; Alma 11: 43.">knowledge</a> of all our <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Guilt.">guilt</a>, and our <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Uncleanness.">uncleanness</a>, and our <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14e" mark="e" type="A" title="Gen. 2: 25; Ex. 32: 25; Moses 4: 13 (13, 16-17).">nakedness</a>; and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a>, being <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14g" mark="g" type="A" title="Prov. 31: 25.">clothed</a> with <sup>h</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14h" mark="h" type="B" title="TG Purity.">purity</a>, yea, even with the <sup>i</sup><a href="2_ne/9/14i" mark="i" type="A" title="D&C 109: 76.">robe</a> of righteousness.
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And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Judgment, The Last.">judgment</a>-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Job 34: 12; Ps. 19: 9; 2 Ne. 30: 9.">judgment</a>, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of God.
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And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 8: 56; Ps. 33: 11; D&C 1: 38 (37-39); Moses 1: 4.">word</a>, which cannot <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 56: 11.">pass</a> away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16c" mark="c" type="C" title="Prov. 22: 8; TG Filthiness.">filthy</a> shall be <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16d" mark="d" type="A" title="1 Ne. 15: 33 (33-35); Alma 7: 21; Morm. 9: 14; D&C 88: 35.">filthy</a> still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Devil.">devil</a> and his angels; and they shall go away into <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16f" mark="f" type="A" title="Mosiah 27: 28.">everlasting</a> fire, prepared for them; and their <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16g" mark="g" type="B" title="TG Punishment.">torment</a> is as a <sup>h</sup><a href="2_ne/9/16h" mark="h" type="A" title="Rev. 19: 20; Rev. 21: 8; 2 Ne. 28: 23; D&C 63: 17; D&C 76: 36.">lake</a> of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.
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O the greatness and the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Justice of; TG Justice.">justice</a> of our God!  For he executeth all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and his law must be <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 24: 14.">fulfilled</a>.
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But, behold, the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ps. 5: 12; TG Righteousness.">righteous</a>, the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Saints.">saints</a> of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="Luke 14: 27.">crosses</a> of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18d" mark="d" type="A" title="Col. 1: 12; D&C 45: 58 (57-58); D&C 84: 38 (33-38).">inherit</a> the <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Exaltation.">kingdom</a> of God, which was prepared for them <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18f" mark="f" type="A" title="Alma 13: 3 (3, 5, 7-9).">from</a> the foundation of the world, and their <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18g" mark="g" type="A" title="Matt. 5: 12 (11-12).">joy</a> shall be full <sup>h</sup><a href="2_ne/9/18h" mark="h" type="B" title="TG Eternal Life.">forever</a>.
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O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel!  For he <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 23: 7; D&C 108: 8.">delivereth</a> his saints from that <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 15: 35.">awful</a> monster the devil, and death, and <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/19c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Hell.">hell</a>, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.
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O how great the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/20a" mark="a" type="R" title="HEB qodesh—committed, consecrated; TG Holiness.">holiness</a> of our God!  For he <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/20b" mark="b" type="C" title="Mosiah 24: 12; Alma 26: 35; TG God, Foreknowledge of; TG God, Intelligence of; TG God, Omniscience of.">knoweth</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/20c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 5: 21; D&C 38: 2 (1-2).">all</a> things, and there is not anything save he knows it.
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And he cometh into the world that he may <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Salvation.">save</a> all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/21b" mark="b" type="C" title="D&C 18: 11; D&C 19: 18 (15-18); TG Jesus Christ, Trials of.">pains</a> of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/21c" mark="c" type="C" title="D&C 107: 54 (53-56); D&C 128: 21; TG Adam.">Adam</a>.
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And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon all men, that all might stand before him at the great and judgment day.
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And he commandeth all men that they must <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Repentance.">repent</a>, and be <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/23b" mark="b" type="C" title="Mosiah 26: 22; D&C 76: 52 (50-52); D&C 84: 74; D&C 137: 6; TG Baptism, Essential.">baptized</a> in his name, having perfect <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/23c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Baptism, Qualifications for; TG Faith.">faith</a> in the Holy One of Israel, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.
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And if they will not repent and believe in his <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Taking the Name of.">name</a>, and be baptized in his name, and <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Perseverance.">endure</a> to the end, they must be <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Damnation.">damned</a>; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.
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Wherefore, he has given a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Law of.">law</a>; and where there is <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/25b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rom. 4: 15; Rom. 5: 13; 2 Ne. 2: 13.">no</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/25c" mark="c" type="C" title="John 15: 22 (22-24); Acts 17: 30; Rom. 5: 13; James 4: 17; Alma 42: 17 (12-24); TG Accountability.">law</a> given there is no <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/25d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Punishment.">punishment</a>; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/26a" mark="a" type="C" title="Lev. 4: 20; Neh. 10: 33; 2 Ne. 2: 10; TG Atonement.">atonement</a> satisfieth the demands of his <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/26b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Justice of; TG Justice.">justice</a> upon all those who <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/26c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 11; Alma 9: 16 (15-16); Alma 42: 21.">have</a> not the <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/26d" mark="d" type="C" title="Mosiah 15: 24; D&C 137: 7; TG Ignorance.">law</a> given to them, that they are <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/26e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Death, Power over.">delivered</a> from that awful monster, death and <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/26f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Spirits in Prison.">hell</a>, and the devil, and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored to that God who gave them <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/26g" mark="g" type="A" title="Gen. 2: 7; Gen. 6: 17; Mosiah 2: 21; D&C 77: 2; D&C 93: 33; Abr. 5: 7 (7-8).">breath</a>, which is the Holy One of Israel.
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But wo unto him that has the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/27a" mark="a" type="C" title="Luke 12: 47 (47-48); TG God, Law of.">law</a> given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/27b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Disobedience.">transgresseth</a> them, and that <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/27c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Idleness; TG Procrastination; TG Waste.">wasteth</a> the days of his <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/27d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Probation.">probation</a>, for awful is his state!
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O that cunning <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 28: 13.">plan</a> of the evil one!  O the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28b" mark="b" type="C" title="Job 11: 12 (11-12); Isa. 9: 9 (9-10); TG Vanity.">vainness</a>, and the frailties, and the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28c" mark="c" type="C" title="Eccl. 4: 5; Eccl. 10: 12 (1-3, 12); 2 Ne. 19: 17; D&C 35: 7; TG Foolishness.">foolishness</a> of men!  When they are <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28d" mark="d" type="C" title="Luke 16: 15; 2 Ne. 26: 20; 2 Ne. 28: 4 (4, 15); TG Education; TG Worldliness.">learned</a> they think they are <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28e" mark="e" type="C" title="Prov. 14: 6; Jer. 8: 8 (8-9); Rom. 1: 22; TG Pride; TG Wisdom.">wise</a>, and they <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Walking in Darkness.">hearken</a> not unto the <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28g" mark="g" type="C" title="Prov. 15: 22; Jacob 4: 10; Alma 37: 12; TG Counsel.">counsel</a> of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their <sup>h</sup><a href="2_ne/9/28h" mark="h" type="C" title="Prov. 23: 4; Eccl. 8: 17 (16-17); Ezek. 28: 5 (4-5); D&C 76: 9; TG Knowledge.">wisdom</a> is foolishness and it profiteth them not.  And they shall perish.
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But to be <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/29a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 67: 6; TG Learning.">learned</a> is good if they <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/29b" mark="b" type="C" title="2 Ne. 28: 26; TG Submissiveness.">hearken</a> unto the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/29c" mark="c" type="C" title="Jacob 4: 10; TG Counsel.">counsels</a> of God.
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But wo unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 17: 11; Luke 12: 34; D&C 56: 16.">rich</a>, who are <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/30b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 19: 23.">rich</a> as to the things of the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/30c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG World.">world</a>.  For because they are rich they despise the <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/30d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Poor.">poor</a>, and they persecute the meek, and their <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/30e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Hardheartedness.">hearts</a> are upon their treasures; wherefore, their <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/30f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">treasure</a> is their god.  And behold, their <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/30g" mark="g" type="A" title="Prov. 27: 24.">treasure</a> shall perish with them also.
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And wo unto the deaf that will not <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 31 (30-33); Matt. 11: 15; Matt. 13: 14; Heb. 5: 11 (11-14); Mosiah 26: 28; D&C 1: 14 (2, 11, 14); Moses 6: 27.">hear</a>; for they shall perish.
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Wo unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/32a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apathy; TG Spiritual Blindness.">blind</a> that will not see; for they shall perish also.
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Wo unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 2: 29 (27-29).">uncircumcised</a> of heart, for a knowledge of their iniquities shall smite them at the last day.
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Wo unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/34a" mark="a" type="C" title="Prov. 19: 9; TG Gossip; TG Honesty; TG Lying.">liar</a>, for he shall be thrust down to <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/34b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Hell.">hell</a>.
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Wo unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 35: 16 (16-25).">murderer</a> who deliberately <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/35b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 19: 11; 2 Sam. 12: 9; Mosiah 13: 21.">killeth</a>, for he shall <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/35c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Capital Punishment.">die</a>.
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Wo unto them who commit <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/36a" mark="a" type="C" title="3 Ne. 12: 27 (27-32); TG Chastity; TG Whoredom.">whoredoms</a>, for they shall be thrust down to hell.
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Yea, wo unto those that <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/37a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 41: 24 (21-24); TG Idolatry.">worship</a> idols, for the devil of all devils delighteth in them.
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And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/38a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ezek. 18: 24; TG Sin.">sins</a>; for they shall <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/38b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 40: 11.">return</a> to God, and behold his face, and remain in their sins.
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O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/39a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Transgression.">transgressing</a> against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/39b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 28: 21 (20-22); 2 Ne. 32: 8; Mosiah 2: 32; Mosiah 4: 14; Alma 30: 42 (42, 53).">cunning</a> one.  Remember, to be <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/39c" mark="c" type="C" title="Rom. 8: 6; TG Carnal Mind.">carnally</a>-minded is <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/39d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Death; TG Death, Spiritual, First; TG Hell.">death</a>, and to be <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/39e" mark="e" type="C" title="Prov. 15: 24; TG Spirituality.">spiritually</a>-minded is <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/39f" mark="f" type="A" title="Prov. 11: 19.">life</a> <sup>g</sup><a href="2_ne/9/39g" mark="g" type="B" title="TG Eternal Life.">eternal</a>.
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O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words.  Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel.  Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/40a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reviling.">revile</a> against the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/40b" mark="b" type="C" title="Prov. 15: 10; Mosiah 13: 7; TG Truth.">truth</a>; for I have spoken the words of your Maker.  I know that the words of truth are <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/40c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Ne. 16: 2; 2 Ne. 28: 28; 2 Ne. 33: 5.">hard</a> against all <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/40d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Uncleanness.">uncleanness</a>; but the <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/40e" mark="e" type="A" title="Prov. 28: 1.">righteous</a> fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.
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O then, my beloved brethren, <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/41a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 6: 4; Jacob 1: 7; Omni 1: 26 (25-26); Alma 29: 2; 3 Ne. 21: 20; Morm. 9: 27; Ether 5: 5; Moro. 10: 30 (30-32).">come</a> unto the Lord, the Holy One.  Remember that his paths are righteous.  Behold, the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/41b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 33: 13 (12-13); 2 Ne. 31: 21 (17-21); Alma 37: 46; D&C 132: 22 (22, 25).">way</a> for man is <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/41c" mark="c" type="A" title="Luke 13: 24.">narrow</a>, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/41d" mark="d" type="A" title="2 Ne. 33: 9; Jacob 6: 11; Hel. 3: 29 (29-30); 2 Ne. 31: 9 (9, 17-18); 3 Ne. 14: 14 (13-14); D&C 22: 4; D&C 43: 7; D&C 137: 2.">gate</a> is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.
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And whoso <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/42a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Objectives; TG Study.">knocketh</a>, to him will he open; and the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/42b" mark="b" type="C" title="Matt. 11: 25; TG Wisdom.">wise</a>, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/42c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Knowledge; TG Learning; TG Worldliness.">learning</a>, and their <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/42d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 28: 5 (4-5).">wisdom</a>, and their riches—yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/42e" mark="e" type="A" title="1 Cor. 3: 18 (18-21).">fools</a> before God, and come down in the depths of <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/42f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Humility; TG Teachable.">humility</a>, he will not open unto them.
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But the things of the wise and the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/43a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prudence.">prudent</a> shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/43b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Cor. 2: 14 (9-16).">hid</a> from them forever—yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints.
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O, my beloved brethren, remember my words.  Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he view me with his <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/44a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 2: 10.">all</a>-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their works, that the God of Israel did witness that I <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/44b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jacob 1: 19.">shook</a> your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before him, and am <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/44c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jacob 2: 2 (2, 16); Mosiah 2: 28; D&C 61: 34.">rid</a> of your blood.
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O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/45a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 28: 22; Alma 36: 18.">chains</a> of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God who is the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/45b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Rock.">rock</a> of your salvation.
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Prepare your souls for that glorious day when <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/46a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Justice of.">justice</a> shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/46b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Judgment, The Last.">judgment</a>, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/46c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 25.">guilt</a> in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/46d" mark="d" type="A" title="Gen. 48: 3; 1 Ne. 1: 14; 3 Ne. 4: 32; Moses 2: 1.">Almighty</a>—but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/46e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Individuals.">obtained</a> me, that I am a prey to his awful misery.
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But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should awake you to an awful reality of these things?  Would I harrow up your souls if your minds were pure?  Would I be plain unto you according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from sin?
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Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness; but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/48a" mark="a" type="C" title="2 Ne. 5: 26; TG Teacher; TG Teaching.">teacher</a>, it must needs be expedient that I <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/48b" mark="b" type="C" title="Deut. 33: 10; 2 Chr. 15: 3 (1-4); 2 Chr. 17: 9; TG Prophets, Mission of.">teach</a> you the consequences of sin.
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Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/49a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Desire; TG Motivations.">delighteth</a> in righteousness; and I will <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/49b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezra 3: 11 (11-13); 1 Ne. 18: 16; Alma 36: 28.">praise</a> the holy name of my God.
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Come, my brethren, every one that <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/50a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 3; Isa. 55: 1 (1-2).">thirsteth</a>, come ye to the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/50b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Living Water.">waters</a>; and he that hath no <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/50c" mark="c" type="A" title="Alma 5: 34; Alma 42: 27.">money</a>, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/51a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 55: 2; TG Work, Value of.">labor</a> for that which cannot <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/51b" mark="b" type="A" title="Eccl. 1: 3.">satisfy</a>.  Hearken diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/51c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 13: 25; Enos 1: 4; 3 Ne. 12: 6.">feast</a> upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness.
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Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/52a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Thanksgiving.">thanks</a> unto his holy name by night.  Let your hearts <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/52b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 26: 11.">rejoice</a>.
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And behold how great the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/9/53a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Covenants.">covenants</a> of the Lord, and how great his <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/9/53b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Condescension of.">condescensions</a> unto the children of men; and because of his greatness, and his <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/9/53c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Grace.">grace</a> and <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/9/53d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Compassion; TG God, Mercy of.">mercy</a>, he has promised unto us that our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/9/53e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Protection, Divine.">preserve</a> them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous <sup>f</sup><a href="2_ne/9/53f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">branch</a> unto the house of Israel.
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And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words.  Amen.
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